9055462

Signal Generation Device, Mobile Communication Terminal Test Device Including the Same, Signal Generation Method, and Mobile Communication Terminal Test Method

PublishedJune 9, 2015
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1. A mobile communication terminal test device that includes a signal generation device in which a plurality of sub-carriers are arranged in a frequency domain, transmits the signal generated by the signal generation device as a test signal to a mobile communication terminal, receives a response signal to the test signal from the mobile communication terminal, and tests the mobile communication terminal, comprising: sub-carrier generation means for generating the plurality of sub-carriers based on a predetermined modulation system from input data; time domain conversion means for receiving the generated plurality of sub-carriers and converting the plurality of sub-carriers into a signal in a time domain; frequency characteristic storage means for storing data of frequency characteristics for at least one of amplitude-frequency characteristics and phase-frequency characteristics of each of the sub-carriers in advance; frequency characteristic calculation means for adding the frequency characteristics to each of the sub-carriers generated by the sub-carrier generation means in a predetermined time unit based on the data of the frequency characteristics and outputting the addition result; test data output means for outputting test data, which is a source of the test signal, as the input data to the sub-carrier generation means; up-conversion means for converting the signal in the time domain into a predetermined radio-frequency test signal and outputting the predetermined radio-frequency test signal to the mobile communication terminal; down-conversion means for receiving a response signal to the test signal from the mobile communication terminal and converting the received signal into a response signal with a predetermined frequency; response signal demodulation means for demodulating the response signal output from the down-conversion means; and analysis means for analyzing the demodulated response signal, wherein the time domain conversion means receives the plurality of sub-carriers output from the frequency characteristic calculation means and converts the sub-carriers into the signal in the time domain.

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2. The mobile communication terminal test device according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency characteristic calculation means includes a plurality of multipliers that receive each of the sub-carriers generated by the sub-carrier generation means and the data for at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics which is stored in the frequency characteristic storage means in advance and multiply the received data for each sub-carrier.

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3. The mobile communication terminal test device according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency characteristic calculation means includes a multiplier that sequentially receives each sub-carrier generated by the sub-carrier generation means, sequentially receives the data for at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics which is stored in the frequency characteristic storage means in advance, and sequentially multiplies each sub-carrier and the data for the frequency characteristics.

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4. The mobile communication terminal test device according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication terminal outputs a response signal including reception condition data indicating the reception conditions of the test signal to the down-conversion means, and the analysis means analyzes the reception condition data on the basis of the data for at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics which is output from the frequency characteristic storage means to the frequency characteristic calculation means.

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5. The mobile communication terminal test device according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency characteristic calculation means adds at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics of each sub-carrier in a time unit of any one of a frame, a sub-frame, a slot, and a symbol as the predetermined time unit.

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6. The mobile communication terminal test device according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a plurality of antennas, and the signal generation devices and the up-conversion means are provided so as to correspond to each of the antennas.

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7. A mobile communication terminal test method that includes a signal generation method that generates a signal in which a plurality of sub-carriers are arranged in a frequency domain, transmits the signal generated by the signal generation method as a test signal to a mobile communication terminal, receives a response signal to the test signal from the mobile communication terminal, and tests the mobile communication terminal, comprising: a sub-carrier generation step of generating the plurality of sub-carriers based on a predetermined modulation system from input data; a time domain conversion step of converting the generated plurality of sub-carriers into a signal in a time domain; a frequency characteristic calculation step of adding, based on data of frequency characteristics for at least one of amplitude-frequency characteristics and phase-frequency characteristics of each of the sub-carriers which is stored in advance, the frequency characteristics to each of the sub-carriers generated in the sub-carrier generation step in a predetermined time unit and outputting the addition result; a test data output step of outputting test data, which is a source of the test signal, as the input data; an up-conversion step of converting the signal in the time domain into a predetermined radio-frequency test signal and outputting the predetermined radio-frequency test signal to the mobile communication terminal; a down-conversion step of receiving a response signal to the test signal from the mobile communication terminal and converting the received signal into a response signal with a predetermined frequency; a response signal demodulation step of demodulating the response signal output in the down-conversion step; and an analysis step of analyzing the demodulated response signal, wherein the time domain conversion step converts the plurality of sub-carriers output in the frequency characteristic calculation step into the signal in the time domain.

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8. The mobile communication terminal test method according to claim 7 , wherein the frequency characteristic calculation step multiplies each sub-carrier generated in the sub-carrier generation step and the data for at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics which is stored in advance for each sub-carrier.

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9. The mobile communication terminal test method according to claim 7 , wherein the frequency characteristic calculation step sequentially receives each sub-carrier generated in the sub-carrier generation step, sequentially receives the data for at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics which is stored in advance, and sequentially multiplies each sub-carrier and the data for the frequency characteristics.

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10. The mobile communication terminal test method according to claim 7 , wherein the down-conversion step receives a response signal including reception condition data indicating the reception conditions of the test signal from the mobile communication terminal, and the analysis step analyzes the reception condition data on the basis of the data for at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics which is added in the frequency characteristic calculation step.

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11. The mobile communication terminal test method according to claim 7 , wherein the frequency characteristic calculation step adds at least one of the amplitude-frequency characteristics and the phase-frequency characteristics of each sub-carrier in a time unit of any one of a frame, a sub-frame, a slot, and a symbol as the predetermined time unit.

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12. The mobile communication terminal test method according to claim 7 , wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a plurality of antennas, and the mobile communication terminal test method includes the sub-carrier generation step, the frequency characteristic calculation step, the time domain conversion step, and the up-conversion step that correspond to each of the antennas.

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June 9, 2015

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Akihiko Suenaga

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